replaced jet pump.

[heehaw]

one of the lines going to the jet pump sprung a leak at my sisters last week: after having one plumber there for @ 3 hours, and him saying it was fixed: which it wasn't...she couldn't get any water at all in the house: and then having another plumber there for 4 hours, and getting the leak problem fixed, only to end up with another problem: the pump wouldn't shut off: i went to lowes and bought a 110volt submersible pump, pipe and wire and replaced the whole thing in less than 4 hours. when you work on a jet pump thats been in for 30 years, like this one had, you tend to shake lose rust and crud, which clogs the "jet" and the pump will run, but not build up pressure an kick off. anyway, i cannot understand why anyone would put in a jet pump, when the others are about the same price and work so much better? plus use about a third the electricity to get the same amount of water?
heehaw

 

[schmism]

because that submersible pump will last a year maybee 2 on an "continual" usage a well pump is under.

a new shallow well jet pump is only about $200. a deep well jet pump is a fuz more.

 

[heehaw]

the submersible here at the house has been in for about 24 years, and never had a single minute of down time: a friend helped me drop the pump in yesterday: he was telling me, he put a 3/4 hp pump in over 12 years ago, and it has supplied 3 houses and a commercial garage for all that time and its never been looked at again, since the day he installed it. the pump i put in was from lowes, and it cost $304: theres a couple local hardware stores that put them on sale pretty often for a lot less than that: but of course, when you need it, you need it immediately..
heehaw

 

[ByronBob]

Depends on the depth of the well and I thought that the foot valve for a shallow well pump housed both lines inside the foot valve. So crud I believe is coming from metal pipes?

Today the plastic lines are so much more useful in water lines than the old metal ones were.

 

[schmism]

depends on the foot valve design... the ones you buy today have two independant line hookups.

Wayne Jet Assembly for Item# 109261 Deep Well Jet Pump | Miscellaneous Water Pump Accessories | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[heehaw]

with the jet pump, 2 lines went down the well: one is 1 inch, the other, 1.25 inch: they hook onto a fairly big metal housing that has the "jet" inside, and the foot valve is on the bottom of the housing. the lines where plastic, the rust and crud was coming from inside of the jet housing, the pump and the expansion tank. luckily, the well was only 36 ft deep in my case, putting the
submersible pump in was just so easy: no worrying about having water to prime the pump etc etc: turn on the electricity and you have water..
i will be putting in a new expansion tank and cutoff switch this next week though: i used a tank and switch i have had in the garage for over 10 years
and it was used when i got it..an it appears to be going to give some problems: i'll probably go over one day next week and install a new tank and
switch.
heehaw

 

[rcmike]

because that submersible pump will last a year maybee 2 on an "continual" usage a well pump is under.

Well, if you buy a GOOD submerisble pump they usually last a long time. Not one from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

 

[schmism]

I dont dissagree

Well, if you buy a GOOD submerisble pump they usually last a long time. Not one from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

i went to lowes and bought a 110volt submersible pump, pipe and wire

 

[_RaT_]

As inefficient as pumps are, jet pumps are not nearly as efficient as a submersible pumps. I would always opt to go submersible first. Of course, if all you need the pump for is domestic water for showers, drinking etc., efficiency usually is not your primary concern. If you do any irrigating, it is.

 

[turnkey4099]

As inefficient as pumps are, jet pumps are not nearly as efficient as a submersible pumps. I would always opt to go submersible first. Of course, if all you need the pump for is domestic water for showers, drinking etc., efficiency usually is not your primary concern. If you do any irrigating, it is.

Amen to that! I would go submersible on the maintenance issue alone. I spent too many hours back in the day dinking around with shallow well and jet pumps keeping them running. The next great advance was the "new" (then) captive air tanks. No more waterlogged tanks, snifter valves, etc.

The drawback comes when you have to replace one of course.

Harry K